There is enormous pressure on Assassin's Creed Shadows to do well for Ubisoft globally after a number of delays and the sales failure of last year’s Star Wars Outlaws. Indeed, Ubisoft suffered a number of high-profile flops,

Ubisoft doesn't want employees to compare AC Shadows to the "perfect storm" that is AC Valhalla regarding sales performance.

Shares jumped after “Assassin’s Creed Shadows” garnered 2 million players less than a week since its release, surpassing the launches of “Assassin’s Creed Origins” and “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.”